Banana Nut Bread

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Today I wanted to showcase something I love to bake during the holidays and is also a great hit with my family: Banana Nut Bread.

I honestly do not care for bananas. I know you are thinking what is the matter with you, but I honestly just do not like to eat bananas and thought I would hate Banana Nut Bread. Well one day I finally tried it and man! it was amazing. So buttery smooth and just melt-in-your-mouth amazing. Surprisingly, I could not taste banana flavor at all.

My mother baked Banana Nut Bread every Christmas holiday, and she always made it in loaf pans or mini loaf pans. So when I started making the bread, I did the same. However, one day my mother switched it up on me. She used tin cans to bake the bread in, and I was sold on it.

The tin can creates a nice log of Banana Nut Bread ready to be sliced and served with whatever you want to spread on it. I prefer some butter, but the wife likes to spread cream cheese on a slice. Either way, you will enjoy this recipe for the holidays.

Such a great recipe and the family will love this for the holiday. Also a great treat in the morning with a hot cup of coffee. You can spread butter over a slice or spread some cream cheese over it if you want. My wife loves it with cream cheese.

Author: Southern Food Lovin

Ingredients

1 cup of Sugar

3 sticks of Butter

2 large Eggs

3 small very ripe Bananas (mashed)

1 tsp Vanilla

2 cups Self-Rising Flour

½ cup of Chopped pecans

Instructions

Beat sugar and butter until creamy

Add eggs, mashed bananas, and vanilla

Beat on medium speed for about 2 mins

Combine flour 1 cup at a time until mixed together well

Be sure to spray the loaf pan or the can with nonstick cooking spray.

--If you want to use cans which I would recommend I just save them for a few weeks ahead of time. As I use green beans or corn or anything in can I just peel off wrapper and put in dishwasher to run through. Make sure your cans do not have a lip on the inside of the can so your bread will slide out with out catching.